Alcademics

For this story in The Manual, I gave some advice about ice - not just how to make it, but how to store it. Read more →

Trying to replicate making clear ice by "canning" water. Read more →

Alcademics reader Andy L commented on the post about how to Make Clear Ice Balls Using a Thermos with an idea: Fill the ice ball with water and set the thermos upside-down on top of it like a dunce cap. This way the ice ball mold would still be insulated... Read more →

I get questions, a lot of questions. Questions in email, from Facebook, from Twitter, from Instagram, via text. I usually answer them, when I can! But, I am finally asking myself, why don't I at least paste the questions and answers into blog posts, as similar questions tend to come... Read more →

Today's post comes from the work of reader Richard Newell. We'll call it the "canned water" technique for improving ice clarity. We know that the cloudiness in ice comes mostly from trapped air and impurities, which usually are pushed to the center of an ice cube when it freezes. The... Read more →

This came out great! Using this technique with the Thermos Funtainer and ice ball molds I put some cherries inside ice ball molds atop the Thermos and froze them. Nothing complicated, these looked awesome. For all the clear ice projects on Alcademics, check out the Index of Ice Experiments page. Read more →

While sheltering-in-place at home, I've taken to doing some (more) silly ice projects. For these I used the basic Igloo cooler method and placing objects near the top of the water line so that they'd freeze into the clear part of the ice after freezing. For the sunglasses, I rested... Read more →

New booze books on ice, French cocktails, bourbon, fermentation, and more. Read more →